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Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P.
Born in 1968 in Arizona, Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P., grew up in Colorado as the youngest of nine children in a family that has since grown to include 27 nieces and nephews. Before entering the Order of Preachers, he studied at Colorado State University and Conception Seminary College for the Archdiocese of Denver. He obtained a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies from Providence College while discerning a vocation to religious life. He entered the novitiate of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1992, and was ordained a priest in 1998. Fr. Benedict was assigned first to St. Gertrude Church and Priory in Cincinnati, Ohio as associate pastor for four years. In 2002 he was assigned to the Province's Vicariate of Eastern Africa, serving in Kenya for five years. He had the responsibility of being Novice Master in the Vicariate for novices from seven African countries. Returning from the missions, he ministered briefly at the University Church of St. Joseph at New York University before continuing studies in Rome. In June 2010 he completed the License in Sacred Theology (Spiritual Theology) from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) where he also served as a chaplain for two years. In 2010 he was appointed Director of Vocations for the Province of St. Joseph.
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New Academic Year at Dominican House of Studies
Homily of Fr. Steven Boguslawski, O.P.
Posted by Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P. on August 31, 2011
The following homily was preached by Fr. Steven Boguslawski, O.P., President of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception for the 2011-2012 Academic Year Opening Mass + Memorial of the Beheading of John the Baptist.
When I was in my doctoral program at Yale, I remember accompanying an employee of the priory to an appointment downtown. As we turned the corner of State Street, a local television… » More
Summer Vocation Event for New England
Men interested in a Vocation to the Order of Preachers will Gather on July 10, 2011 in Providence, RI
Posted by Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P. on July 04, 2011
All Men interested in learning more about a vocation to the Order of Preachers are cordially invited to a Dominican Vocation Event on Sunday July 10, 2011 at 11:30 AM at St. Pius V Church, 55 Elmhurst Ave., Providence, RI 02908 (across the street from Providence College). This will be an excellent opportunity to meet the Director of Vocations and other Dominican Friars from the Province of St. Joseph.… » More
Announcing the 2011 Novitiate Class
New Novices for the Province of St. Joseph
Posted by Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P. on June 24, 2011
Thirteen men will begin their formation in the Province of St. Joseph at the end of July, receiving the habit on August 8, 2011, the feast of St. Dominic. Please keep these men in your prayers, as well as the current novices who will make simple profession on August 15, 2011. Men considering a vocation to the Order of Preachers should contact the vocation director at vocations@dominicanfriars.org.… » More
The Surprises of Divine Providence: Blessed Hyacinth Cormier
A Homily by Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P.
Posted by Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P. on May 22, 2011
Bl. Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier, O.P. (1832 – 1916)
Blessed Hyacinth-Marie Cormier, O.P., former Master of the Dominican Order, is entombed in the high altar in the chapel of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome (Angelicum). The Order celebrated his feast day this past Saturday.
Homily for the Feast of Bl. Hyacinth Marie Cormier, O.P. (May 21) Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C., by Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P.
… » MoreThe Clericus Cup in the Eternal City
Final matchup between the Angelicum and the Gregorian University
Posted by Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P. on May 22, 2011
The Clericus Cup
The Clericus Cup is a soccer tournament that takes place annually between the various pontifical universities of Rome. The teams are comprised of seminarians, priests, and lay students studying in each of the pontifical universities. One of those Pontifical Schools is the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (known popularly as the "Angelicum"), founded by the Dominican Order. This was the… » More
From the Field to the Altar
Columbia Magazine Tells Vocation Stories of Former Athletes
Posted by Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P. on May 10, 2011
K of C May 2011 Issue on Vocations
The May 2011 issue of Columbia Magazine featured a story on three vocations stories of former athletes who left the field to enter the seminary or religious life. One of those featured is Dominican Brother Peter Junipero Hannah, O.P. of the Province of the Holy Name (Western Dominican Province). Bro. Peter, who golfed for the University of California at San Diego, remarks in the article, "I didn't… » More
Imago Sancti Dominici
The Physical Characteristics of St. Dominic
Posted by Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P. on May 05, 2011
replica of St. Dominic recreated from his bones
side view of same image in Bologna
This following excerpt is from Dominican Spirituality: Principles and Practice by Fr. William Aquinas Hinnebusch, O. P. and gives an account of our knowledge of the physical description of St. Dominic from a Dominican Sister named Cecilia. Blessed Cecilia was a young woman, not yet twenty, when she received her Dominican habit from St. Dominic at Rome and witnessed the foundation of the monastery… » More
International Vocations Boom
13 Polish Dominican Friars Profess "Usque ad Mortem"
Posted by Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P. on May 05, 2011
Solemn Profession in Poland
Prostration during "O Spem Miram"
We are not the only ones having a "Vocations Boom"! The Dominicans in Poland just had 13 of their friars make Solemn Profession in Krakow. Their priory there (founded by St. Hyacinth himself) has been in continual use with vibrant Dominican life since the beginning of the Order in the thirteenth century.
Their Paschal Triduum & Easter Liturgies are well known among Dominicans throughout the world… » More
25 Men To Attend the Next Vocation Weekend at the House of Studies
Posted by Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P. on March 29, 2011
April 1-3, 2011 will be our fourth and last vocation weekend for this academic year at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. We are at capacity with 25 men scheduled to participate. These men come from a variety of places, not just the Northeast. This weekend will also have men from the UK and Canada.
I myself am from "out west" coming from the state of Colorado. I decided to join… » More
Vocation Weekends For 2011-2012
At the Dominican House of Studies
Posted by Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P. on March 01, 2011
The next "Come and See" Vocation Weekends for the 2011-2012 Academic Year are:
September 30 -- October 2, 2011
December 2 -- December 4, 2011
February 3 -- February 5, 2012
March 30 -- April 1, 2012
If you would like to come to any of these weekends for next year, please call the Vocations Office as soon as possible, as the slots fill up very quickly. … » More
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